The 29th international exhibition Agroprodmash-2024 was held from October 7th to 11th, 2024 at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds. This is the largest specialized event for showcasing the newest developments in the field of agricultural processing and production of food and beverages.
NUMBERS AND FACTS OF AGROPRODMASH-2024
- 930 companies (+8% to 2023) from 21 countries,
including 640 Russian companies (+8% to 2023),
290 foreign companies (+8% to 2023)
25 thematic salons
27,140 unique visitors (+4% to 2023) from 59 countries,
including 25,154 industry professionals from 1,064 Russian cities and towns
64,000+ sq. m. of the total exhibition space
12 Russian regional pavilions and group stands.
Agroprodmash is a key event for the food industry that addresses the issues of selecting ingredients and recipes, getting acquainted with new technologies, modernising production facilities, and selecting equipment, spare parts and components. This year’s showcase offered an abundance of competitive Russian and foreign developments for all sectors of the food processing industry.
Marina Afonina, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation:
“In recent years, the agriculture industry has been one of the drivers of the national economy. Food and food processing industries play a significant role in this. From year to year, we observe not only growth in the production of the main groups of food products, but also a significant expansion of their assortment. Of course, such results would not be possible without the dynamic development of technologies, as well as the participation of the state in these processes. The existing support measures expand opportunities for our producers and give impetus to the whole sector. Agroprodmash is one of the key business events in the industry. It allows all market participants to learn about the latest achievements in various spheres related to the food processing industry, find new partners and exchange experience.”
The opening ceremony was attended by Vladimir Kashin, Chair at the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federal Assembly on Agrarian Issues, Sergey Mitin, First Deputy Chair at the Federation Council Committee of the Russian Federal Assembly on Agrarian and Food Policy and Nature Management, Vladimir Skvortsov, Director at the Food and Food Processing Industry Department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Vasily Lavrovsky, Advisor to the Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Vladimir Platonov, President at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Maxim Fateev, Director General at EXPOCENTRE AO, representatives of industry associations, business and expert communities.
During the Agroprodmash-2024 exhibition, Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and “Expocentre” signed a partnership agreement. This agreement aims to develop and promote goods and services of Moscow companies and entrepreneurs through participation in international exhibitions organized by “Expocentre”.
EXPOSITION
The Agroprodmash-2024 exhibition showed a significant expansion of the exposition both in terms of area and number of participants.
Alexey Nemeryuk, Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head at the Moscow City Department of Trade and Services:
“Over the years, Agroprodmash has established itself as an effective business platform for discussing the development prospects of the technologies aimed to improve the equipment used in the food processing industry, as well as for the exchange of best practices and the development of constructive solutions in key areas in this field. For many years, this event has been strengthening business ties and opening new opportunities for cooperation. It allows food processing professionals to learn about the latest technologies from leading Russian and foreign manufacturers, and advanced equipment for the entire chain from production of raw materials and ingredients to production of finished products, their packaging, delivery and storage. The updated and modern equipment, as well as the improvement of production technologies are the basis for creating demanded and quality products, and they also have a positive impact on food security in the capital.”
Agroprodmash-2024 offered all equipment and ingredients demanded by the market. It presented technologies for modern food production, as well as for catering enterprises. The demonstration of equipment in operation, both domestic and foreign, generated special interest.
Agroprodmash-2024 was attended by 930 companies from 21 countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, India, Iran, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Netherlands, Poland, Belarus, Republic of Korea, Russia, Serbia, USA, Turkey, Uzbekistan, France, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
This year’s large-scale exhibition has been supplemented by a large number of new companies from all regions of Russia.
640 Russian companies (producers and integrators) presented competitive developments for meat and milk processing, bakery and confectionery production, bottling, beverages, packaging and labelling of finished products, food ingredients and spices, as well as cross-sector products.
12 subjects of the Russian Federation organized collective regional expositions: Voronezh, Kurgan, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Penza, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Tula, Tver and Yaroslavl regions, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories.
The equipment, ingredients, components and materials presented by the collective exhibitions generated a lot of interest: during the exhibition, not only negotiations were conducted, but contracts for the supply of Russian developments both domestically and abroad were signed.
Metal processing companies from different regions of the country responded to the acute demand of the food industry, presenting their own capacities and competence in the field of production of components, spare parts and non-standard equipment manufacture. Russian factories are ready to produce customized machines according to the technical requirements of customers, which aroused interest and was discussed with potential customers during the exhibition.
The exhibition presented equipment, technologies and ingredients of leading global brands from Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Austria and Czech Republic. Among foreign participants, Chinese manufacturers were the most active this year: 145 companies from China took part in the exhibition. Turkey (28 companies), Italy (26 companies) and Belarus (20 companies) also had a strong presence.
For the convenience of business, the exhibition is structured by salon principle. All topics in 2024 showed a positive momentum.
The APM Ingredients salon was located in the pavilions 1 (upper level), 2 (hall 4), 5, “Central” and “Centre-Forum”. It demonstrated products of more than 350 brands from Austria, Belarus, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Russian companies presented the latest developments in the field of ingredients and additives for the food industry. All companies that are important for the Russian market took part in APM Ingredients. As usual, this sector reflects the most up-to-date trends in the food industry and presents a large number of new products and innovative developments for the meat, dairy, confectionery, bakery, and beverage industries.
The APM Meat Tech, APM PoultryTech and APM Casing salons (pavilions 2 and 8, hall 4) brought together 134 companies from 11 countries. They demonstrated equipment of the world’s leading brands, including those from Belarus, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. The developments of domestic manufacturers were of considerable interest to the industry representatives.
APM Packaging was located in the 1st pavilion. It welcomed more than 160 exhibitors from 8 countries. They demonstrated more than 200 Russian and foreign brands for packaging of various types of products, group packaging, ready-made packaging, and artificial vision and automation. The growth compared to last year both in terms of area and the number of exhibitors exceeded 15%. The growth was achieved due to the appearance of new major exhibitors, including representatives of well-known foreign brands that continue to provide equipment service, new partners of major Russian manufacturers and distributors, including those from China and Turkiye, independent large enterprisers from China and CIS countries, as well as Russian companies that presented a large variety of equipment and packaging solutions.
APM Bakery, APM SweetTech and APM GrainTech were located in the “Forum” pavilion. They welcomed 135 companies from Belarus, China, Italy, Russia, and Turkiye which presented almost the whole range of equipment for baking, confectionery and grain processing. For the first time, a confectionery equipment manufacturer from Iran took part in the exhibition.
APM DairyTech, APM Bottling and APM Drinks were presented in the 8th pavilion (halls 1, 2 and 3) and “Forum”. They brought together 128 exhibitors from Austria, China, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Turkiye.
APM Automation Solutions, APM FruitTech, APM Complect, APM Food Hygiene and APM Weighing and Measuring Equipment increased the exhibition area and number of participants.
APM Refrigeration (pavilion 2, hall 2) was renewed by 50%. This exposition welcomed 40 exhibitors from China, India, and Russia. Unlike previous years, when companies from Moscow and the Moscow region, engaged in the design and servicing of refrigeration plants, were predominantly exhibiting, this year for the first time companies from 10 regions of Russia manufacturing equipment took part in the show.
The 30th anniversary edition of the International Exhibition for Equipment, Technologies, Raw Materials and Ingredients for the Food Processing Industry – Agroprodmash-2025 – will take place from September 29th through October 2nd 2025.